Trump's Speech Exposed the GOP's Lack of Direction

There's plenty of reaction to the BBC's pay review. I thought it was important that he talked about Right to Try for patients who are looking for final alternatives to save theirs lives, as well as his focus on the opioid epidemic that's gripping our nation, and the legislative effort that we need to undertake to overcome it. I thought it was important that he talked about the economy and the growth we're seeing in every sector and the low unemployment rates.

Widely considered one of the best SOTU addresses, FDR famously outlined four freedoms "everyone in the world" should be entitled to: freedom of worship, freedom of speech, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

Breaking with tradition, the first couple arrived separately to the Capitol, because, according to the first lady's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, she was accompanying guests.

Trump then used these stories to make an appeal to Democrats: "It is not enough to come together only in times of tragedy", the president said.

Coal output has registered an upward bump after years of decline, but the long-term outlook is still not good: The coal mining industry's employment figures are going down again. "These are the people we were elected to serve". Economic trends in 2017 looked a lot like trends in 2016, and 2015, and 2014. "In my experience - and I've been to a few of these now - is that tomorrow's another day, and these speeches will be quickly forgotten".

"Tonight, the president highlighted his hugely successful first year in office and his unwavering commitment to empowering the American People, strengthening the American economy and keeping American communities safe", the Republican Party of Hawaii said in a statement.

He, therefore, called on the Congress to produce a bill that would generate at least 1.5 trillion dollars "for the new infrastructure investment we need".

Indeed, in all these empty gestures and grand proclamations, one topic was fervently off the table: the investigations into his campaign's alleged ties to Russia.

But he's surfing a wave of prosperity; it doesn't matter that he didn't create the wave.

A former New York Democrat, the president also played to the culture wars that have long illuminated American politics, alluding to his public spat with professional athletes who led protests against racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem, declaring that paying tribute to the flag is a "civic duty".

He said that under current law, " a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives", which isn't true.

He proposed a pathway to citizenship for almost 1.8 million illegal immigrants who were brought in the US by their parents at a young age. "Last month, I also took an action endorsed unanimously by the Senate just months before: I recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel". "Last year, I also pledged that we would work with our allies to extinguish ISIS from the face of the Earth", he said.

"We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history".

The massive tax cuts involved a reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent "so American companies can compete and win against anyone in the world", he said.

But at a time of bitter partisan rancor, many experts have expressed doubt whether unity will occur.

Peck "bounded into the booby-trapped building and found Kenton in bad shape", the president said. Reversing Obama's policy, Trump said he'd signed an executive order Tuesday directing the Pentagon to keep the prison open while re-examining the military's policy on detention.